Alpha Trains orders new Stadler EURO4001 locomotives

14 June 2018

Alpha has signed contracts to procure and finance nine new Stadler EURO4001 diesel-electric locomotives. The EURO4001 is an evolution of the successful EURO4000 locomotive, of which Alpha Trains owns 30 locomotives. The new locomotives will be manufactured by Stadler at its facility in Valencia, Spain, between now and 2020 equipped for operation in France and Belgium. The locomotives will be leased to VFLI, a subsidiary of SNCF, under a long-term lease contract.